MAE 4313 creditsPrereq: Pre-Requisite: MAE 204 and MAE 335 and MAE 336 .
MAE 431: Energy Systems
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- Synthesis of thermodynamics, fluid mechanics and heat transfer to facilitate practical design and analysis of actual energy systems. Topics include: air duct sizing; pressure drop in pipes, ducts and systems; air duct system design; fans; liquid piping systems; pumps; cavitation; non-dimensional pump parameters; pump performance plots; open and closed loop piping system design; bare and finned-tube heat exchangers in cross flow; heat exchanger systems (plasma spray, hot water heating, water boilers, hydronic heating systems).
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- Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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- Joseph Mollendorf
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